"Cycle" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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循环 xún huán to cycle / to circulate / circle / loop
周期 zhōu qī period / cycle
轮回 lún huí to reincarnate / reincarnation (Buddhism) / (of the seasons etc) to follow each other cyclically / cycle / CL:個|个[ge4]
周波 zhōu bō cycle (physics)
旋回 xuán huí to cycle
一周 yī zhōu one week / all the way around / a whole cycle
赛车 sài chē auto race / cycle race / race car
人道 rén dào human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse
生命周期 shēng mìng zhōu qī life cycle
甲子 jiǎ zǐ first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]) / the sixty-year cycle
乙酉 yǐ yǒu twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065
周而复始 zhōu ér fù shǐ lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom) / to move in circles / the wheel comes full circle
丙戌 bǐng xū twenty-third year C11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066
甲午 jiǎ wǔ thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
套数 tào shù song cycle in Chinese opera / (fig.) a series of tricks / polite remarks / number of (things that are counted in 套[tao4], like houses)
戊戌 wù xū thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018
本命年 běn mìng nián year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]
安全期 ān quán qī safe period / safe days of a woman's menstrual cycle (low risk of conception)
赛车场 sài chē chǎng motor racetrack / cycle racetrack
转轮 zhuàn lún rotating disk / wheel / rotor / cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism
甲申 jiǎ shēn 21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064
庚子 gēng zǐ 37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020
辛亥 xīn hài forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031 / cf 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], Xinhai Revolution of 1911
花甲 huā jiǎ complete sexagenary cycle / a 60 year-old person / passage of time
干支 gān zhī the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝 / sexagenary cycle
庚辰 gēng chén seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060
丁卯 dīng mǎo fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047
壬午 rén wǔ nineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062
甲戌 jiǎ xū eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054
辛酉 xīn yǒu fifty-eighth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041
丙子 bǐng zǐ thirteenth year C1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1996 or 2056
壬申 rén shēn ninth year I9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1992 or 2052
属相 shǔ xiàng colloquial term for 生肖[sheng1 xiao4] the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle
庚午 gēng wǔ seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050
癸未 guǐ wèi twentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063
戊辰 wù chén fifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048
庚申 gēng shēn fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040
丁丑 dīng chǒu fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057
戊寅 wù yín fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058
丙寅 bǐng yín third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046
甲寅 jiǎ yín 51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034
辛未 xīn wèi eight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051
己卯 jǐ mǎo sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059
辛丑 xīn chǒu thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021 / cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising
壬戌 rén xū fifty-ninth year I11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1982 or 2042
癸亥 guǐ hài sixtieth year J12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1983 or 2043
癸酉 guǐ yǒu tenth year J10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1993 or 2053
戊午 wù wǔ fifty-fifth year E7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1978 or 2038
丁亥 dīng hài twenty-fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067
辛巳 xīn sì eighteenth year H6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2001 or 2061
己巳 jǐ sì sixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049
乙亥 yǐ hài twelfth year B12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1995 or 2055
甲辰 jiǎ chén 41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024
丙辰 bǐng chén fifty-third year C5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1976 or 2036
庚寅 gēng yín twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070
乙丑 yǐ chǒu second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045
乙卯 yǐ mǎo fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035
丙午 bǐng wǔ forty-third year C7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1966 or 2026
庚戌 gēng xū forty-seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030
己未 jǐ wèi fifty-sixth year F8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1979 or 2039
戊子 wù zǐ twenty-fifth year E1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2008 or 2068
丁巳 dīng sì fifty-fourth year D6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1977 or 2037
癸丑 guǐ chǒu fiftieth year J2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1973 or 2033
乙未 yǐ wèi thirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015
壬辰 rén chén twenty-ninth year I5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2012 or 2072
壬子 rén zǐ forty-ninth year I1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1972 or 2032
丙申 bǐng shēn thirty-third year C9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1956 or 2016
戊申 wù shēn forty-fifth year E9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1968 or 2028
己丑 jǐ chǒu twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069
乙巳 yǐ sì forty-second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025
辛卯 xīn mǎo twenty-eighth year H4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2011 or 2071
己酉 jǐ yǒu forty-sixth year F10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1969 or 2029
癸卯 guǐ mǎo fortieth year J4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1963 or 2023
经济周期 jīng jì zhōu qī economic cycle
癸巳 guǐ sì thirtieth year J6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2013 or 2073
己亥 jǐ hài thirty-sixth year F12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1959 or 2019
壬寅 rén yín thirty-ninth year I3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1962 or 2022
环法 huán fǎ Tour de France cycle race / abbr. for 環法自行車賽|环法自行车赛
水循环 shuǐ xún huán water cycle / hydrologic cycle
格萨尔 Gé sà ěr King Gesar, hero of a Tibetan and Mongolian epic cycle
计时赛 jì shí sài time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock
蔀 bù cycle of 76 years / shade
核燃料循环 hé rán liào xún huán nuclear fuel cycle
开发周期 kāi fā zhōu qī development cycle / development period
燃料循环 rán liào xún huán fuel cycle
细胞周期 xì bāo zhōu qī cell cycle
周速 zhōu sù cycle time / cycle speed
良性循环 liáng xìng xún huán virtuous cycle (i.e. positive feedback loop)
丁未 dīng wèi forty-fourth year D8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1967 or 2027
丁酉 dīng yǒu thirty-fourth year D10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1957 or 2017
凯林赛 kǎi lín sài keirin cycle race (paced stadium event) (loanword from Japanese 競輪 / "keirin")
太阳黑子周 tài yáng hēi zǐ zhōu sunspot cycle
柠檬酸循环 níng méng suān xún huán citric acid cycle / Krebs cycle / tricarboxylic acid cycle
溶源性 róng yuán xìng lysogeny (reproduction cycle of bacteriophage 噬菌體|噬菌体[shi4 jun1 ti3])
环法国 huán Fǎ guó Tour de France cycle race
环法自行车赛 huán fǎ zì xíng chē sài Tour de France cycle race
自行车赛 zì xíng chē sài cycle race
计时比赛 jì shí bǐ sài time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock
赛车场赛 sài chē chǎng sài stadium cycle race
郎肯循环 láng kěn xún huán Rankine cycle (engineering)
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